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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-14

Proof of the professional competence referred to in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 must be provided by presenting one of the following documents, as appropriate: a) Diploma ; b) Training ce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-16-2

The persons mentioned in 1° to 1°c of Article L. 561-2, acting as acquirers within the meaning of EU Regulation 2015/751 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015, shall only acce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article R4431-1

For the purposes of this Title, the physical parameters used as risk indicators are defined as follows: 1° The peak sound pressure level is the level of the maximum value of the instantaneous sound pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for the Paramedical Professions.

Article D4381-1

Reporting to the Minister for Health, the High Council for the Paramedical Professions is responsible for : 1° To promote inter-professional debate on : a) The conditions under which the paramedical p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours and rest periods

Article R7124-27

The employment of a child under the age of six in modelling activities and prior selection for such activities may only be authorised for the following periods: 1 Maximum daily duration: a) One hour,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-1

…ode and, in the case of bonds, by articles L. 245-8 to L. 245-12 (1° to 5°) and L. 245-13 to L. 245-17 of said Code. The issue may be made by public offering.For the purposes of law no. 66-537 of 24 J…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-21

…it received the previous year. By way of derogation, municipalities that ceased to be eligible in 2017 following the capping of their population in application of the last five paragraphs of this arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…nderstood to be in accordance with the provisions of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 920/2013. The independence of control staff shall be guaranteed. The remuneration of each member of staf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

…of the criminal record and automated processing of personal data covered byarticle 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, with the exception of i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-5

…nder a compulsory old-age insurance scheme or, failing that, the date referred to in article L. 161-17-2 of the Social Security Code, of the possibility of settling benefits under the policy. Each yea…

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